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Gerry is a Consultant ophthalmic surgeon at Galway University hospital.
Gerry previously worked as consultant ophthalmic surgeon at the Leicester Royal Infirmary 1993-1999.
He undertook an orbital oculoplastic fellowship in Vancouver 1992/3 with Prof Jack Rootman, Frank Buffam, Peter Dolman, and a fellowship in cornea/external eye disease Bristol Eye hospital with Prof David Easty. His senior registrar training was at Bristol Eye Hospital.
8.55 am
National incidence of malignant eyelid tumours in Ireland 2005-2015 101
Clare Quigley – (abstract)
9.00 am
17 years experience of periocular basal cell carcinoma in the under 40 population, within a ‘one-stop tumour clinic’ 102
Ed Saxby – (abstract)
9.05 am
Where did my Tumour Go? : Absence of Residual Basal Cell Carcinoma in Reexcised Specimens, a 10-year Review 103
Lindsay McGrath – (abstract)
9.10 am
Recurrence of basal cell carcinomas following surgical excision – is 5 years surveillance necessary? 104
Fabila Murta – (abstract)
9.15 am
Long-term outcome of eyelid melanoma 105
John Bladen – (abstract)
9.20 am
The genetics of sebaceous gland carcinoma 106
Saul Rajak – (abstract)
9.25 am
The Propeller Flap – a revolutionary technique in periocular reconstruction 107
Jonathan Morton – (abstract)
9.30 am
The tunnelled midline forehead island flap – an elegant single-stage flap for inner canthal reconstruction 108
Jonathan Morton – (abstract)
9.35 am
Efficacy of Porcine Acellular Dermal Matrix in the Management of Lower Eyelid Retraction: Case Series 109
Lindsay McGrath – (abstract)
9.40 am
A New Audit Tool for Oculoplastic Surgical Outcome Data 110
Clare Inkster – (abstract)
9.45 am
Evaluating hair cycle stage in eyelash follicles: a pilot study 111
James Laybourne – (abstract)
9.50 am
Ideal Angle of Lester Jones Tube placement as studied in Thiel-embalmed human cadavers 112
Egle Rostron – (abstract)
Chaired by:
Jeremy is the NHS Consultant Lead for the Oculoplastics Service at the University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust. His areas of interest include plastic and aesthetic surgery around the eye, the management of watery eyes, orbital and socket problems. He has perfomed advanced training Oculoplastics subspeciaity fellowships at The Royal Brisbane Hospital, Queensland, Australia, with Professor Tim Sullivan and Moorfield’s Eye Hospital, London, with Professor Richard Collin and Professor Geoffrey Rose. He is particularly experienced in the surgical management of periocular skin cancer.
Eyelid malignancies and eyelid reconstruction
Timothy Sullivan completed his Ophthalmology training in 1988, then undertook further subspecialty Fellowship Training in Oculoplastics, Eyelid, Lacrimal and Orbital Disease at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London and Paediatric Ophthalmology in Toronto at The Hospital for Sick Children.When he returned to Brisbane in 1992 he joined the Terrace Eye Centre, to provide tertiary and quaternary level subspecialty care. Since then he has also worked in the public sector, conducting the Orbital Clinic at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital and Royal and Lady Cilento Children’s Hospitals.
While focusing on clinical care, he has always conducted clinical research to be abreast of and push latest developments. He has published over 130 papers in peer reviewed journals, book chapters and 400 presentations at National and International meetings. He is on the editorial boards of Clinical Experimental Ophthalmology, Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the Asia Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology.
Complementing his clinical and research efforts he is involved in medical student, registrar and Fellow teaching as Professor of Ophthalmology for the University of Queensland. He is a former President of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery and the Asia-Pacific Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and an active Fellow of the American and European Societies of Oculoplastic and Reconstructive Surgery. He is on the board of the International Thyroid Eye Disease Society. With this academic background, he continues to provide first class care to his patients
Chaired by:
Miss Rachna Murthy is a Consultant ophthalmologist, oculoplastic and peri-ocular reconstructive Surgeon at Cambridge University and Ipswich Hospitals, UK. She has specialist interests in Thyroid Eye Disease, peri-ocular skin cancer management, and peri-ocular aesthetic surgical and non-surgical treatments. Following her specialist training in ophthalmology in the UK, she undertook 3 years of fellowship training in thyroid eye disease, orbital and peri-ocular surgery at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, The Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, Moorfield’s Eye Hospital, London and The Craniofacial Unit of Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, London.
She is an invited speaker for the British Thyroid Foundation (BTF) and is faculty for several oculoplastic and orbital courses.
Her research includes the characterisation of triggers and drives for thyroid eye disease and improving the clinical activity and severity assessment of patients with thyroid eye disease. She is also involved in active research in the fields of oculoplastic surgery, tumour management and peri-ocular aesthetics.
Lastly, she leads the regional specialist thyroid eye disease service at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge.
Gerry is a Consultant ophthalmic surgeon at Galway University hospital.
Gerry previously worked as consultant ophthalmic surgeon at the Leicester Royal Infirmary 1993-1999.
He undertook an orbital oculoplastic fellowship in Vancouver 1992/3 with Prof Jack Rootman, Frank Buffam, Peter Dolman, and a fellowship in cornea/external eye disease Bristol Eye hospital with Prof David Easty. His senior registrar training was at Bristol Eye Hospital.
Paul Cauchi qualified from The Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine in London in 1996. He went into ophthalmology straight after completing his House Jobs. His interest in ophthalmology was ignited by his grandfather who was an accomplished ophthalmologist in Malta and Gozo and was a member of The WHO Trachoma committee.
His early training was mainly in The South of England but travelled North of The Border to Aberdeen and Inverness to complete his Specialist Registrar training. He completed a Fellowship in oculoplastics and ocular oncology in Glasgow. He works in Glasgow with subspecialty interests in oculoplastics, orbit, lacrimal, thyroid eye disease and ocular oncology.
He collaborates closely with the skull base and head and neck teams and regularly operates jointly on complex cases. He leads The Scottish Ocular Oncology Service which is nationally funded and commissioned. He is a member of The British Oculoplastic Surgery Society and hosted the annual meeting in Glasgow. He is on the British Ophthalmic Surveillance Unit (BOSU) council and on the faculty for The European School of Advanced Studies in Ophthalmology (ESASO). He is currently clinical director of ophthalmology for NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
Geraldine McCarthy MD, FRCPI Consultant Rheumatologist Mater Misericordiae University Hospital Dublin and Clinical Professor of Medicine University College Dublin, Ireland
Geraldine McCarthy graduated in Medicine from University College Dublin, National University of Ireland. She received her Fellowship in Rheumatology at the Medical College of Wisconsin where she developed her interest in calcium crystal deposition diseases. Her research has focused on the biological effects of calcium-containing crystals in degenerative joint disease as well as in atherosclerosis and breast cancer and has been funded by many sources including the National Institutes of Health, Arthritis Foundation, American Federation for Aging Research, US Department of Defence and the Wellcome Trust. She was promoted to Associate Professor of Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin in 1996 where she remained until her return to Dublin, Ireland. She was appointed Consultant in Rheumatology at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin in 1999 where she continues to run a busy clinical practice and a clinical research program.
As part of her clinical practice, she collaborates closely with her Ophthalmology colleagues in the management with inflammatory eye diseases. She teaches as part of the University College Dublin Faculty of Medicine where she was appointed Clinical Professor of Medicine in 2009.
She is the author of over 130 publications, including original manuscripts, editorials, reviews and book chapters and has spoken at many national and international meetings. She has been winner of several research and teaching awards and has mentored many medicine and science graduates in clinical practice and in research.
Miss Gill Adams is a consultant paediatric ophthalmologist and strabismologist at Moorfields Eye Hospital.
Gill qualified in medicine at Edinburgh University. She became a consultant at Moorfields Eye Hospital in 1994 and is a subspecialist in strabismus (squint) and paediatric ophthalmology. She is currently the Service Director for the strabismus and neuro ophthalmology service. Her practice involves paediatric and adult strabismus including the use of botulinum toxin, paediatric cataract and retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) screening and treatment.
Gill was the Moorfields representative on the Council of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists for 6 years completing her term in 2018. Gill has been a member of Royal College of Ophthalmologists working parties on child abuse and guidelines for ROP. She is a council member of the International Strabismus Association.
In her charity roles Gill has been a member of the Orbis volunteer faculty since 2000, has volunteered for Vision 2020 and CBM and is a trustee of TEDct, a charity supporting patients with thyroid eye disease.
In her spare time Gill plays golf, extremely badly.
12.15 pm
Thyroid Eye Disease in Primary auto-immune Hypothyroidism 113
Laura Abbeel – (abstract)
12.20 pm
A nomenclature to describe the longitudinal sequence of visual field defects in progressive thyroid eye disease compressive optic neuropathy 114
Suzanne Freitag– (abstract)
12.25 pm
Facial Expression Analysis Software in the Objective Assessment of Perceived Emotional State in Thyroid Eye Disease 115
Matthew Edmunds – (abstract)
12.30 pm
Early Low Dose Rituximab for Active Thyroid Eye Disease: An Effective and Well Tolerated Treatment 116
Jonathan Norris – (abstract)
12.35 pm
Mycophenolate mofetil plus systemic steroid in active Graves’ orbitopathy (GO): a review of clinical and safety outcomes 117
Jonathan Kirk – (abstract)
12.40 pm
Grading the clinical severity of epiphora: the TEARS score 118
Chris Schulz – (abstract)
12.45 pm
Developing a Quality-of-Life Measure for Patients with Epiphora 119
Chris Schulz – (abstract)
12.50 pm
Long – term outcomes of endoscopic endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy 120
Sohraab Yadav – (abstract)
12.55 pm
Lacrimal Scintigraphy in practice: Correlation of imaging with surgical outcome 121
Priscilla Mathewson – (abstract)
Chaired by:
Rizwana came to Ireland in 1997 to pursue advanced training in Ophthalmology. After ten years of post-graduate training at the highest level, Rizwana completed her Fellowship in Orbital, Oculoplastic and Neurophthalmology in 2007. She has contributed to a number of research publications and is involved in ongoing research into related eye conditions.
Robin trained initially as a Dental Technologist at The Eastman Dental Institute London. Robin gained advanced certification as a Maxillofacial Technologist and Prosthetist whilst at Addenbrooke’s Hospital Cambridge. In 1973 he was appointed as a Technical Officer at the Department of Health progressing to the role of Northern Regional Manager of Ocular Prosthetic Services.
n 1982 Robin was appointed as Principal Ocularist at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital where he set up and ran the Department of Ocular Prosthetics until 2018. He trained a number of ocularists during his years at the hospital. He also opened a private practice in Manchester in 1982 extending it to Dublin in 1996 and to Durham in 2006.
Robin has published a number of papers and has lectured internationally in the field of ocular prosthetics and he mentors young ocularists abroad.
Robin is a founder member of both the Association of European Ocularists and the Association of British Ocularists. He is a Diplomate of the American Society of Ocularists.
Chaired by:
Mr. Tim Fulcher MMedSci(Anatomy), EBOD, FRCOphth.
Having graduated from University College Dublin and completed a Masters of Medical Science in Anatomy, Tim completed his Ophthalmic Surgery training in Ireland.
Tim undertook a Fellowship in Corneal and External eye disease in Moorfields and then a further Fellowship in Eyelid, Lacrimal and Orbital disease in Brisbane, Australia.
Tim was appointed as a Consultant to the Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin and Beaumont Hospital, Dublin in 2000, where he manages the Ocular adnexal service. Tim is also an Honorary Consultant to the Children’s University Hospital, Temple Street , Dublin.
As a former chairman of the manpower, education and training committee of the Irish College of Ophthalmologists and current unit programme director, Tim also hosts an annual surgical training course for Basic Specialist Trainees.
Bernie is a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon and Head of Oculoplastics, Lacrimal and Orbital surgery at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. He is visiting professor of Ophthalmology, UNIMAS. His interests are in lacrimal and orbital surgery, eyelid tumours and cancers, Thyroid eye disease, eyelid and orbital inflammation. Bernie has published many papers in international journals and has also co-authored a medical textbook entitled ‘Anterior Segment Repair & Reconstruction: Techniques & Medico-legal issues. In his spare time, he enjoys playing tennis, badminton and watching plays and musicals.
Mr René is a Consultant Oculoplastic Surgeon at Addenbrooke’s Hospital (Cambridge) and Hinchingbrooke Hospital (Huntingdon). He is Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine.
He qualified at Middlesex Hospital in London in 1985 and completed junior ophthalmology training in London and the South East, before moving to Birmingham for a period of research, followed by Ophthalmology Higher Surgical Training in Birmingham and the West Midlands region. He completed subspecialty fellowship training at Queen’s Medical Centre (Nottingham) and Moorfields Eye Hospital (London), and took up his consultant post in Cambridge and Huntingdon in 1998. He practices exclusively in all aspects of adnexal surgery, with a special interest in lacrimal surgery, orbital surgery and reconstructive eyelid surgery.
Mr René is a founder member of the British Oculoplastic Surgery Society (BOPSS). He served the Society for 4 years as the Treasurer and is the current President. He is passionate about teaching and has run a very successful fellowship programme in Cambridge since 2004. He has been a faculty member on the Ipswich Lacrimal Course since its inception and he has been a visiting consultant on the Lifeline Express Teaching Programme in China since 2013.
His main interests outside medicine are photography, music, family and cooking.
Peter Dolman is a clinical professor at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, Canada and is on active staff at five hospitals. He is the director of ophthalmology fellowship programs at UBC, division head of oculoplastics and orbit, and a past president of the BC Society of Eye Physicians and the Canadian Society of Oculoplastics and Reconstructive Surgeons. He is the past- president of the International Thyroid Eye Disease Society and a member of the Orbit Society, an international consortium of orbit experts.
He has supervised over 45 international oculoplastics fellows, has delivered over 250 invited lectures, and published 25 chapters and over 85 journal articles. He recently co-edited a textbook on diseases of the orbit and ocular adnexa which was published in February, 2017.
He has volunteered as a surgeon or lecturer in over 30 developing nations and has received several departmental research and teaching awards, the ASOPRS research award (2007) and the Queen Elizabeth Gold Medal for community service.
Manoj Parulekar is a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at the Birmingham Childrens Hospital and the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust.
Mr Parulekar is involved in clinical and basic science research, collaborating with biomedical scientists and other academics in UK and abroad to develop and evaluate new treatments and diagnostic tests for a variety of eye conditions. He is Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Birmingham.
Mr Parulekar has a major interest in international ophthalmology, contributing to and learning from ophthalmic services in developing countries. He is a trustee of Sightsavers International, a charity dealing with prevention and treatment of blindness. He is involved with the Vision 2020 links programme and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, developing ophthalmology services in Africa (Tanzania).
Mr Parulekar contributes actively to the Royal College of Ophthalmologists and is program secretary, scientific committee and paediatric sub-committee member, and on the microsurgical training faculty. He is treasurer of the
Oxford Ophthalmological Congress.
Gerry is a Consultant ophthalmic surgeon at Galway University hospital.
Gerry previously worked as consultant ophthalmic surgeon at the Leicester Royal Infirmary 1993-1999.
He undertook an orbital oculoplastic fellowship in Vancouver 1992/3 with Prof Jack Rootman, Frank Buffam, Peter Dolman, and a fellowship in cornea/external eye disease Bristol Eye hospital with Prof David Easty. His senior registrar training was at Bristol Eye Hospital.
8.55 am
National incidence of malignant eyelid tumours in Ireland 2005-2015 101
Clare Quigley – (abstract)
9.00 am
17 years experience of periocular basal cell carcinoma in the under 40 population, within a ‘one-stop tumour clinic’ 102
Ed Saxby – (abstract)
9.05 am
Where did my Tumour Go? : Absence of Residual Basal Cell Carcinoma in Reexcised Specimens, a 10-year Review 103
Lindsay McGrath – (abstract)
9.10 am
Recurrence of basal cell carcinomas following surgical excision – is 5 years surveillance necessary? 104
Fabila Murta – (abstract)
9.15 am
Long-term outcome of eyelid melanoma 105
John Bladen – (abstract)
9.20 am
The genetics of sebaceous gland carcinoma 106
Saul Rajak – (abstract)
9.25 am
The Propeller Flap – a revolutionary technique in periocular reconstruction 107
Jonathan Morton – (abstract)
9.30 am
The tunnelled midline forehead island flap – an elegant single-stage flap for inner canthal reconstruction 108
Jonathan Morton – (abstract)
9.35 am
Efficacy of Porcine Acellular Dermal Matrix in the Management of Lower Eyelid Retraction: Case Series 109
Lindsay McGrath – (abstract)
9.40 am
A New Audit Tool for Oculoplastic Surgical Outcome Data 110
Clare Inkster – (abstract)
9.45 am
Evaluating hair cycle stage in eyelash follicles: a pilot study 111
James Laybourne – (abstract)
9.50 am
Ideal Angle of Lester Jones Tube placement as studied in Thiel-embalmed human cadavers 112
Egle Rostron – (abstract)
Chaired by:
Jeremy is the NHS Consultant Lead for the Oculoplastics Service at the University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust. His areas of interest include plastic and aesthetic surgery around the eye, the management of watery eyes, orbital and socket problems. He has perfomed advanced training Oculoplastics subspeciaity fellowships at The Royal Brisbane Hospital, Queensland, Australia, with Professor Tim Sullivan and Moorfield’s Eye Hospital, London, with Professor Richard Collin and Professor Geoffrey Rose. He is particularly experienced in the surgical management of periocular skin cancer.
Eyelid malignancies and eyelid reconstruction
Timothy Sullivan completed his Ophthalmology training in 1988, then undertook further subspecialty Fellowship Training in Oculoplastics, Eyelid, Lacrimal and Orbital Disease at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London and Paediatric Ophthalmology in Toronto at The Hospital for Sick Children.When he returned to Brisbane in 1992 he joined the Terrace Eye Centre, to provide tertiary and quaternary level subspecialty care. Since then he has also worked in the public sector, conducting the Orbital Clinic at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital and Royal and Lady Cilento Children’s Hospitals.
While focusing on clinical care, he has always conducted clinical research to be abreast of and push latest developments. He has published over 130 papers in peer reviewed journals, book chapters and 400 presentations at National and International meetings. He is on the editorial boards of Clinical Experimental Ophthalmology, Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the Asia Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology.
Complementing his clinical and research efforts he is involved in medical student, registrar and Fellow teaching as Professor of Ophthalmology for the University of Queensland. He is a former President of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery and the Asia-Pacific Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and an active Fellow of the American and European Societies of Oculoplastic and Reconstructive Surgery. He is on the board of the International Thyroid Eye Disease Society. With this academic background, he continues to provide first class care to his patients
Chaired by:
Miss Rachna Murthy is a Consultant ophthalmologist, oculoplastic and peri-ocular reconstructive Surgeon at Cambridge University and Ipswich Hospitals, UK. She has specialist interests in Thyroid Eye Disease, peri-ocular skin cancer management, and peri-ocular aesthetic surgical and non-surgical treatments. Following her specialist training in ophthalmology in the UK, she undertook 3 years of fellowship training in thyroid eye disease, orbital and peri-ocular surgery at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, The Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, Moorfield’s Eye Hospital, London and The Craniofacial Unit of Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, London.
She is an invited speaker for the British Thyroid Foundation (BTF) and is faculty for several oculoplastic and orbital courses.
Her research includes the characterisation of triggers and drives for thyroid eye disease and improving the clinical activity and severity assessment of patients with thyroid eye disease. She is also involved in active research in the fields of oculoplastic surgery, tumour management and peri-ocular aesthetics.
Lastly, she leads the regional specialist thyroid eye disease service at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge.
Gerry is a Consultant ophthalmic surgeon at Galway University hospital.
Gerry previously worked as consultant ophthalmic surgeon at the Leicester Royal Infirmary 1993-1999.
He undertook an orbital oculoplastic fellowship in Vancouver 1992/3 with Prof Jack Rootman, Frank Buffam, Peter Dolman, and a fellowship in cornea/external eye disease Bristol Eye hospital with Prof David Easty. His senior registrar training was at Bristol Eye Hospital.
Paul Cauchi qualified from The Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine in London in 1996. He went into ophthalmology straight after completing his House Jobs. His interest in ophthalmology was ignited by his grandfather who was an accomplished ophthalmologist in Malta and Gozo and was a member of The WHO Trachoma committee.
His early training was mainly in The South of England but travelled North of The Border to Aberdeen and Inverness to complete his Specialist Registrar training. He completed a Fellowship in oculoplastics and ocular oncology in Glasgow. He works in Glasgow with subspecialty interests in oculoplastics, orbit, lacrimal, thyroid eye disease and ocular oncology.
He collaborates closely with the skull base and head and neck teams and regularly operates jointly on complex cases. He leads The Scottish Ocular Oncology Service which is nationally funded and commissioned. He is a member of The British Oculoplastic Surgery Society and hosted the annual meeting in Glasgow. He is on the British Ophthalmic Surveillance Unit (BOSU) council and on the faculty for The European School of Advanced Studies in Ophthalmology (ESASO). He is currently clinical director of ophthalmology for NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
Geraldine McCarthy MD, FRCPI Consultant Rheumatologist Mater Misericordiae University Hospital Dublin and Clinical Professor of Medicine University College Dublin, Ireland
Geraldine McCarthy graduated in Medicine from University College Dublin, National University of Ireland. She received her Fellowship in Rheumatology at the Medical College of Wisconsin where she developed her interest in calcium crystal deposition diseases. Her research has focused on the biological effects of calcium-containing crystals in degenerative joint disease as well as in atherosclerosis and breast cancer and has been funded by many sources including the National Institutes of Health, Arthritis Foundation, American Federation for Aging Research, US Department of Defence and the Wellcome Trust. She was promoted to Associate Professor of Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin in 1996 where she remained until her return to Dublin, Ireland. She was appointed Consultant in Rheumatology at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin in 1999 where she continues to run a busy clinical practice and a clinical research program.
As part of her clinical practice, she collaborates closely with her Ophthalmology colleagues in the management with inflammatory eye diseases. She teaches as part of the University College Dublin Faculty of Medicine where she was appointed Clinical Professor of Medicine in 2009.
She is the author of over 130 publications, including original manuscripts, editorials, reviews and book chapters and has spoken at many national and international meetings. She has been winner of several research and teaching awards and has mentored many medicine and science graduates in clinical practice and in research.
Miss Gill Adams is a consultant paediatric ophthalmologist and strabismologist at Moorfields Eye Hospital.
Gill qualified in medicine at Edinburgh University. She became a consultant at Moorfields Eye Hospital in 1994 and is a subspecialist in strabismus (squint) and paediatric ophthalmology. She is currently the Service Director for the strabismus and neuro ophthalmology service. Her practice involves paediatric and adult strabismus including the use of botulinum toxin, paediatric cataract and retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) screening and treatment.
Gill was the Moorfields representative on the Council of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists for 6 years completing her term in 2018. Gill has been a member of Royal College of Ophthalmologists working parties on child abuse and guidelines for ROP. She is a council member of the International Strabismus Association.
In her charity roles Gill has been a member of the Orbis volunteer faculty since 2000, has volunteered for Vision 2020 and CBM and is a trustee of TEDct, a charity supporting patients with thyroid eye disease.
In her spare time Gill plays golf, extremely badly.
12.15 pm
Thyroid Eye Disease in Primary auto-immune Hypothyroidism 113
Laura Abbeel – (abstract)
12.20 pm
A nomenclature to describe the longitudinal sequence of visual field defects in progressive thyroid eye disease compressive optic neuropathy 114
Suzanne Freitag– (abstract)
12.25 pm
Facial Expression Analysis Software in the Objective Assessment of Perceived Emotional State in Thyroid Eye Disease 115
Matthew Edmunds – (abstract)
12.30 pm
Early Low Dose Rituximab for Active Thyroid Eye Disease: An Effective and Well Tolerated Treatment 116
Jonathan Norris – (abstract)
12.35 pm
Mycophenolate mofetil plus systemic steroid in active Graves’ orbitopathy (GO): a review of clinical and safety outcomes 117
Jonathan Kirk – (abstract)
12.40 pm
Grading the clinical severity of epiphora: the TEARS score 118
Chris Schulz – (abstract)
12.45 pm
Developing a Quality-of-Life Measure for Patients with Epiphora 119
Chris Schulz – (abstract)
12.50 pm
Long – term outcomes of endoscopic endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy 120
Sohraab Yadav – (abstract)
12.55 pm
Lacrimal Scintigraphy in practice: Correlation of imaging with surgical outcome 121
Priscilla Mathewson – (abstract)
Chaired by:
Rizwana came to Ireland in 1997 to pursue advanced training in Ophthalmology. After ten years of post-graduate training at the highest level, Rizwana completed her Fellowship in Orbital, Oculoplastic and Neurophthalmology in 2007. She has contributed to a number of research publications and is involved in ongoing research into related eye conditions.
Robin trained initially as a Dental Technologist at The Eastman Dental Institute London. Robin gained advanced certification as a Maxillofacial Technologist and Prosthetist whilst at Addenbrooke’s Hospital Cambridge. In 1973 he was appointed as a Technical Officer at the Department of Health progressing to the role of Northern Regional Manager of Ocular Prosthetic Services.
n 1982 Robin was appointed as Principal Ocularist at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital where he set up and ran the Department of Ocular Prosthetics until 2018. He trained a number of ocularists during his years at the hospital. He also opened a private practice in Manchester in 1982 extending it to Dublin in 1996 and to Durham in 2006.
Robin has published a number of papers and has lectured internationally in the field of ocular prosthetics and he mentors young ocularists abroad.
Robin is a founder member of both the Association of European Ocularists and the Association of British Ocularists. He is a Diplomate of the American Society of Ocularists.
Chaired by:
Mr. Tim Fulcher MMedSci(Anatomy), EBOD, FRCOphth.
Having graduated from University College Dublin and completed a Masters of Medical Science in Anatomy, Tim completed his Ophthalmic Surgery training in Ireland.
Tim undertook a Fellowship in Corneal and External eye disease in Moorfields and then a further Fellowship in Eyelid, Lacrimal and Orbital disease in Brisbane, Australia.
Tim was appointed as a Consultant to the Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin and Beaumont Hospital, Dublin in 2000, where he manages the Ocular adnexal service. Tim is also an Honorary Consultant to the Children’s University Hospital, Temple Street , Dublin.
As a former chairman of the manpower, education and training committee of the Irish College of Ophthalmologists and current unit programme director, Tim also hosts an annual surgical training course for Basic Specialist Trainees.
Bernie is a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon and Head of Oculoplastics, Lacrimal and Orbital surgery at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. He is visiting professor of Ophthalmology, UNIMAS. His interests are in lacrimal and orbital surgery, eyelid tumours and cancers, Thyroid eye disease, eyelid and orbital inflammation. Bernie has published many papers in international journals and has also co-authored a medical textbook entitled ‘Anterior Segment Repair & Reconstruction: Techniques & Medico-legal issues. In his spare time, he enjoys playing tennis, badminton and watching plays and musicals.
Mr René is a Consultant Oculoplastic Surgeon at Addenbrooke’s Hospital (Cambridge) and Hinchingbrooke Hospital (Huntingdon). He is Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine.
He qualified at Middlesex Hospital in London in 1985 and completed junior ophthalmology training in London and the South East, before moving to Birmingham for a period of research, followed by Ophthalmology Higher Surgical Training in Birmingham and the West Midlands region. He completed subspecialty fellowship training at Queen’s Medical Centre (Nottingham) and Moorfields Eye Hospital (London), and took up his consultant post in Cambridge and Huntingdon in 1998. He practices exclusively in all aspects of adnexal surgery, with a special interest in lacrimal surgery, orbital surgery and reconstructive eyelid surgery.
Mr René is a founder member of the British Oculoplastic Surgery Society (BOPSS). He served the Society for 4 years as the Treasurer and is the current President. He is passionate about teaching and has run a very successful fellowship programme in Cambridge since 2004. He has been a faculty member on the Ipswich Lacrimal Course since its inception and he has been a visiting consultant on the Lifeline Express Teaching Programme in China since 2013.
His main interests outside medicine are photography, music, family and cooking.
Peter Dolman is a clinical professor at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, Canada and is on active staff at five hospitals. He is the director of ophthalmology fellowship programs at UBC, division head of oculoplastics and orbit, and a past president of the BC Society of Eye Physicians and the Canadian Society of Oculoplastics and Reconstructive Surgeons. He is the past- president of the International Thyroid Eye Disease Society and a member of the Orbit Society, an international consortium of orbit experts.
He has supervised over 45 international oculoplastics fellows, has delivered over 250 invited lectures, and published 25 chapters and over 85 journal articles. He recently co-edited a textbook on diseases of the orbit and ocular adnexa which was published in February, 2017.
He has volunteered as a surgeon or lecturer in over 30 developing nations and has received several departmental research and teaching awards, the ASOPRS research award (2007) and the Queen Elizabeth Gold Medal for community service.
Manoj Parulekar is a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at the Birmingham Childrens Hospital and the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust.
Mr Parulekar is involved in clinical and basic science research, collaborating with biomedical scientists and other academics in UK and abroad to develop and evaluate new treatments and diagnostic tests for a variety of eye conditions. He is Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Birmingham.
Mr Parulekar has a major interest in international ophthalmology, contributing to and learning from ophthalmic services in developing countries. He is a trustee of Sightsavers International, a charity dealing with prevention and treatment of blindness. He is involved with the Vision 2020 links programme and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, developing ophthalmology services in Africa (Tanzania).
Mr Parulekar contributes actively to the Royal College of Ophthalmologists and is program secretary, scientific committee and paediatric sub-committee member, and on the microsurgical training faculty. He is treasurer of the
Oxford Ophthalmological Congress.
Gerry is a Consultant ophthalmic surgeon at Galway University hospital.
Gerry previously worked as consultant ophthalmic surgeon at the Leicester Royal Infirmary 1993-1999.
He undertook an orbital oculoplastic fellowship in Vancouver 1992/3 with Prof Jack Rootman, Frank Buffam, Peter Dolman, and a fellowship in cornea/external eye disease Bristol Eye hospital with Prof David Easty. His senior registrar training was at Bristol Eye Hospital.
8.55 am
National incidence of malignant eyelid tumours in Ireland 2005-2015 101
Clare Quigley – (abstract)
9.00 am
17 years experience of periocular basal cell carcinoma in the under 40 population, within a ‘one-stop tumour clinic’ 102
Ed Saxby – (abstract)
9.05 am
Where did my Tumour Go? : Absence of Residual Basal Cell Carcinoma in Reexcised Specimens, a 10-year Review 103
Lindsay McGrath – (abstract)
9.10 am
Recurrence of basal cell carcinomas following surgical excision – is 5 years surveillance necessary? 104
Fabila Murta – (abstract)
9.15 am
Long-term outcome of eyelid melanoma 105
John Bladen – (abstract)
9.20 am
The genetics of sebaceous gland carcinoma 106
Saul Rajak – (abstract)
9.25 am
The Propeller Flap – a revolutionary technique in periocular reconstruction 107
Jonathan Morton – (abstract)
9.30 am
The tunnelled midline forehead island flap – an elegant single-stage flap for inner canthal reconstruction 108
Jonathan Morton – (abstract)
9.35 am
Efficacy of Porcine Acellular Dermal Matrix in the Management of Lower Eyelid Retraction: Case Series 109
Lindsay McGrath – (abstract)
9.40 am
A New Audit Tool for Oculoplastic Surgical Outcome Data 110
Clare Inkster – (abstract)
9.45 am
Evaluating hair cycle stage in eyelash follicles: a pilot study 111
James Laybourne – (abstract)
9.50 am
Ideal Angle of Lester Jones Tube placement as studied in Thiel-embalmed human cadavers 112
Egle Rostron – (abstract)
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Jeremy is the NHS Consultant Lead for the Oculoplastics Service at the University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust. His areas of interest include plastic and aesthetic surgery around the eye, the management of watery eyes, orbital and socket problems. He has perfomed advanced training Oculoplastics subspeciaity fellowships at The Royal Brisbane Hospital, Queensland, Australia, with Professor Tim Sullivan and Moorfield’s Eye Hospital, London, with Professor Richard Collin and Professor Geoffrey Rose. He is particularly experienced in the surgical management of periocular skin cancer.
Eyelid malignancies and eyelid reconstruction
Timothy Sullivan completed his Ophthalmology training in 1988, then undertook further subspecialty Fellowship Training in Oculoplastics, Eyelid, Lacrimal and Orbital Disease at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London and Paediatric Ophthalmology in Toronto at The Hospital for Sick Children.When he returned to Brisbane in 1992 he joined the Terrace Eye Centre, to provide tertiary and quaternary level subspecialty care. Since then he has also worked in the public sector, conducting the Orbital Clinic at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital and Royal and Lady Cilento Children’s Hospitals.
While focusing on clinical care, he has always conducted clinical research to be abreast of and push latest developments. He has published over 130 papers in peer reviewed journals, book chapters and 400 presentations at National and International meetings. He is on the editorial boards of Clinical Experimental Ophthalmology, Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the Asia Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology.
Complementing his clinical and research efforts he is involved in medical student, registrar and Fellow teaching as Professor of Ophthalmology for the University of Queensland. He is a former President of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery and the Asia-Pacific Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and an active Fellow of the American and European Societies of Oculoplastic and Reconstructive Surgery. He is on the board of the International Thyroid Eye Disease Society. With this academic background, he continues to provide first class care to his patients
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Miss Rachna Murthy is a Consultant ophthalmologist, oculoplastic and peri-ocular reconstructive Surgeon at Cambridge University and Ipswich Hospitals, UK. She has specialist interests in Thyroid Eye Disease, peri-ocular skin cancer management, and peri-ocular aesthetic surgical and non-surgical treatments. Following her specialist training in ophthalmology in the UK, she undertook 3 years of fellowship training in thyroid eye disease, orbital and peri-ocular surgery at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, The Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, Moorfield’s Eye Hospital, London and The Craniofacial Unit of Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, London.
She is an invited speaker for the British Thyroid Foundation (BTF) and is faculty for several oculoplastic and orbital courses.
Her research includes the characterisation of triggers and drives for thyroid eye disease and improving the clinical activity and severity assessment of patients with thyroid eye disease. She is also involved in active research in the fields of oculoplastic surgery, tumour management and peri-ocular aesthetics.
Lastly, she leads the regional specialist thyroid eye disease service at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge.
Gerry is a Consultant ophthalmic surgeon at Galway University hospital.
Gerry previously worked as consultant ophthalmic surgeon at the Leicester Royal Infirmary 1993-1999.
He undertook an orbital oculoplastic fellowship in Vancouver 1992/3 with Prof Jack Rootman, Frank Buffam, Peter Dolman, and a fellowship in cornea/external eye disease Bristol Eye hospital with Prof David Easty. His senior registrar training was at Bristol Eye Hospital.
Paul Cauchi qualified from The Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine in London in 1996. He went into ophthalmology straight after completing his House Jobs. His interest in ophthalmology was ignited by his grandfather who was an accomplished ophthalmologist in Malta and Gozo and was a member of The WHO Trachoma committee.
His early training was mainly in The South of England but travelled North of The Border to Aberdeen and Inverness to complete his Specialist Registrar training. He completed a Fellowship in oculoplastics and ocular oncology in Glasgow. He works in Glasgow with subspecialty interests in oculoplastics, orbit, lacrimal, thyroid eye disease and ocular oncology.
He collaborates closely with the skull base and head and neck teams and regularly operates jointly on complex cases. He leads The Scottish Ocular Oncology Service which is nationally funded and commissioned. He is a member of The British Oculoplastic Surgery Society and hosted the annual meeting in Glasgow. He is on the British Ophthalmic Surveillance Unit (BOSU) council and on the faculty for The European School of Advanced Studies in Ophthalmology (ESASO). He is currently clinical director of ophthalmology for NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
Geraldine McCarthy MD, FRCPI Consultant Rheumatologist Mater Misericordiae University Hospital Dublin and Clinical Professor of Medicine University College Dublin, Ireland
Geraldine McCarthy graduated in Medicine from University College Dublin, National University of Ireland. She received her Fellowship in Rheumatology at the Medical College of Wisconsin where she developed her interest in calcium crystal deposition diseases. Her research has focused on the biological effects of calcium-containing crystals in degenerative joint disease as well as in atherosclerosis and breast cancer and has been funded by many sources including the National Institutes of Health, Arthritis Foundation, American Federation for Aging Research, US Department of Defence and the Wellcome Trust. She was promoted to Associate Professor of Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin in 1996 where she remained until her return to Dublin, Ireland. She was appointed Consultant in Rheumatology at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin in 1999 where she continues to run a busy clinical practice and a clinical research program.
As part of her clinical practice, she collaborates closely with her Ophthalmology colleagues in the management with inflammatory eye diseases. She teaches as part of the University College Dublin Faculty of Medicine where she was appointed Clinical Professor of Medicine in 2009.
She is the author of over 130 publications, including original manuscripts, editorials, reviews and book chapters and has spoken at many national and international meetings. She has been winner of several research and teaching awards and has mentored many medicine and science graduates in clinical practice and in research.
Miss Gill Adams is a consultant paediatric ophthalmologist and strabismologist at Moorfields Eye Hospital.
Gill qualified in medicine at Edinburgh University. She became a consultant at Moorfields Eye Hospital in 1994 and is a subspecialist in strabismus (squint) and paediatric ophthalmology. She is currently the Service Director for the strabismus and neuro ophthalmology service. Her practice involves paediatric and adult strabismus including the use of botulinum toxin, paediatric cataract and retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) screening and treatment.
Gill was the Moorfields representative on the Council of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists for 6 years completing her term in 2018. Gill has been a member of Royal College of Ophthalmologists working parties on child abuse and guidelines for ROP. She is a council member of the International Strabismus Association.
In her charity roles Gill has been a member of the Orbis volunteer faculty since 2000, has volunteered for Vision 2020 and CBM and is a trustee of TEDct, a charity supporting patients with thyroid eye disease.
In her spare time Gill plays golf, extremely badly.
12.15 pm
Thyroid Eye Disease in Primary auto-immune Hypothyroidism 113
Laura Abbeel – (abstract)
12.20 pm
A nomenclature to describe the longitudinal sequence of visual field defects in progressive thyroid eye disease compressive optic neuropathy 114
Suzanne Freitag– (abstract)
12.25 pm
Facial Expression Analysis Software in the Objective Assessment of Perceived Emotional State in Thyroid Eye Disease 115
Matthew Edmunds – (abstract)
12.30 pm
Early Low Dose Rituximab for Active Thyroid Eye Disease: An Effective and Well Tolerated Treatment 116
Jonathan Norris – (abstract)
12.35 pm
Mycophenolate mofetil plus systemic steroid in active Graves’ orbitopathy (GO): a review of clinical and safety outcomes 117
Jonathan Kirk – (abstract)
12.40 pm
Grading the clinical severity of epiphora: the TEARS score 118
Chris Schulz – (abstract)
12.45 pm
Developing a Quality-of-Life Measure for Patients with Epiphora 119
Chris Schulz – (abstract)
12.50 pm
Long – term outcomes of endoscopic endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy 120
Sohraab Yadav – (abstract)
12.55 pm
Lacrimal Scintigraphy in practice: Correlation of imaging with surgical outcome 121
Priscilla Mathewson – (abstract)
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Rizwana came to Ireland in 1997 to pursue advanced training in Ophthalmology. After ten years of post-graduate training at the highest level, Rizwana completed her Fellowship in Orbital, Oculoplastic and Neurophthalmology in 2007. She has contributed to a number of research publications and is involved in ongoing research into related eye conditions.
Robin trained initially as a Dental Technologist at The Eastman Dental Institute London. Robin gained advanced certification as a Maxillofacial Technologist and Prosthetist whilst at Addenbrooke’s Hospital Cambridge. In 1973 he was appointed as a Technical Officer at the Department of Health progressing to the role of Northern Regional Manager of Ocular Prosthetic Services.
n 1982 Robin was appointed as Principal Ocularist at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital where he set up and ran the Department of Ocular Prosthetics until 2018. He trained a number of ocularists during his years at the hospital. He also opened a private practice in Manchester in 1982 extending it to Dublin in 1996 and to Durham in 2006.
Robin has published a number of papers and has lectured internationally in the field of ocular prosthetics and he mentors young ocularists abroad.
Robin is a founder member of both the Association of European Ocularists and the Association of British Ocularists. He is a Diplomate of the American Society of Ocularists.
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Mr. Tim Fulcher MMedSci(Anatomy), EBOD, FRCOphth.
Having graduated from University College Dublin and completed a Masters of Medical Science in Anatomy, Tim completed his Ophthalmic Surgery training in Ireland.
Tim undertook a Fellowship in Corneal and External eye disease in Moorfields and then a further Fellowship in Eyelid, Lacrimal and Orbital disease in Brisbane, Australia.
Tim was appointed as a Consultant to the Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin and Beaumont Hospital, Dublin in 2000, where he manages the Ocular adnexal service. Tim is also an Honorary Consultant to the Children’s University Hospital, Temple Street , Dublin.
As a former chairman of the manpower, education and training committee of the Irish College of Ophthalmologists and current unit programme director, Tim also hosts an annual surgical training course for Basic Specialist Trainees.
Bernie is a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon and Head of Oculoplastics, Lacrimal and Orbital surgery at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. He is visiting professor of Ophthalmology, UNIMAS. His interests are in lacrimal and orbital surgery, eyelid tumours and cancers, Thyroid eye disease, eyelid and orbital inflammation. Bernie has published many papers in international journals and has also co-authored a medical textbook entitled ‘Anterior Segment Repair & Reconstruction: Techniques & Medico-legal issues. In his spare time, he enjoys playing tennis, badminton and watching plays and musicals.
Mr René is a Consultant Oculoplastic Surgeon at Addenbrooke’s Hospital (Cambridge) and Hinchingbrooke Hospital (Huntingdon). He is Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine.
He qualified at Middlesex Hospital in London in 1985 and completed junior ophthalmology training in London and the South East, before moving to Birmingham for a period of research, followed by Ophthalmology Higher Surgical Training in Birmingham and the West Midlands region. He completed subspecialty fellowship training at Queen’s Medical Centre (Nottingham) and Moorfields Eye Hospital (London), and took up his consultant post in Cambridge and Huntingdon in 1998. He practices exclusively in all aspects of adnexal surgery, with a special interest in lacrimal surgery, orbital surgery and reconstructive eyelid surgery.
Mr René is a founder member of the British Oculoplastic Surgery Society (BOPSS). He served the Society for 4 years as the Treasurer and is the current President. He is passionate about teaching and has run a very successful fellowship programme in Cambridge since 2004. He has been a faculty member on the Ipswich Lacrimal Course since its inception and he has been a visiting consultant on the Lifeline Express Teaching Programme in China since 2013.
His main interests outside medicine are photography, music, family and cooking.
Peter Dolman is a clinical professor at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, Canada and is on active staff at five hospitals. He is the director of ophthalmology fellowship programs at UBC, division head of oculoplastics and orbit, and a past president of the BC Society of Eye Physicians and the Canadian Society of Oculoplastics and Reconstructive Surgeons. He is the past- president of the International Thyroid Eye Disease Society and a member of the Orbit Society, an international consortium of orbit experts.
He has supervised over 45 international oculoplastics fellows, has delivered over 250 invited lectures, and published 25 chapters and over 85 journal articles. He recently co-edited a textbook on diseases of the orbit and ocular adnexa which was published in February, 2017.
He has volunteered as a surgeon or lecturer in over 30 developing nations and has received several departmental research and teaching awards, the ASOPRS research award (2007) and the Queen Elizabeth Gold Medal for community service.
Manoj Parulekar is a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at the Birmingham Childrens Hospital and the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust.
Mr Parulekar is involved in clinical and basic science research, collaborating with biomedical scientists and other academics in UK and abroad to develop and evaluate new treatments and diagnostic tests for a variety of eye conditions. He is Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Birmingham.
Mr Parulekar has a major interest in international ophthalmology, contributing to and learning from ophthalmic services in developing countries. He is a trustee of Sightsavers International, a charity dealing with prevention and treatment of blindness. He is involved with the Vision 2020 links programme and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, developing ophthalmology services in Africa (Tanzania).
Mr Parulekar contributes actively to the Royal College of Ophthalmologists and is program secretary, scientific committee and paediatric sub-committee member, and on the microsurgical training faculty. He is treasurer of the
Oxford Ophthalmological Congress.